Editing Harry R. Truman (section)

==Early life==
Truman was born to foresters in [[Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia|Ivydale, West Virginia]] in October 1896. He claimed not to know the exact day of his birth, but he eventually chose to celebrate his birthday on October 30.{{sfn|Slatta|2001|p=350}} This date appears on his [[World War I]] [[draft registration]] card.<ref name="ancestry"/> Truman also stated that he did not know his middle name, only the initial, R; some non-contemporaneous sources have given his middle name as Randall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/05/17/mount-st-helens-people-stayed/27311467/|title=Closer look at those who died near Mount St. Helens|last=Grisham|first=Lori|date=May 19, 2015|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=June 5, 2018}}</ref>{{sfn|Kean|2017|p=16}}{{sfn|Gulick|1996|p=268}}{{Sfn|Findley|1981|p=4}} His draft card lists his middle name as Rainel.<ref name="ancestry">Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (database on-line). Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.</ref>

In 1907, Truman's family moved west to the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], drawn to the promise of cheap land and the successful timber industry in the [[Pacific Northwest]]; they at first settled in [[Napavine, Washington|Napavine]], before moving to the town of [[Nesika, Washington|Nesika]] in eastern [[Lewis County, Washington|Lewis County]], where the family purchased {{convert|160|acre|ha}} of farmland.{{sfn|Gulick|1996|p=268}}